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Debate over California anti-caste bill reflects shifting demographics of Indians in America and political entanglements of homeland and diaspora
Noteworthy bills in front of the governor this year.
The bill, which was passed by the State Legislature this week, has led to intense debate among South Asian immigrants.
SACRAMENTO — Ramesh Suman, a real estate agent in Antioch, California, remembers the client who refused to see a house after saying that it looked like it belonged to members of the Dalit community, a historically oppressed group of people relegated below even the lowest rung of the caste system once used in South Asia. Bhim Narayan Bishwakarma recalled how a landlord accepted his deposit but later reneged on a rental after learning his surname, which is common among Nepalese Dalit families. And
Bill passed by margin of 31-5 and now needs to be signed into law by governor